FILE - Smokey Robinson attends the screening for "The Apollo" during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) ...

Whether it was the unmistakable falsetto that made “The Tracks of My Tears” an anthem or the lyrical touch that gifted “My Girl” to The Temptations, Robinson’s mark on music is unmistakable.

Smokey Robinson was born William Robinson Jr. in Detroit, Michigan, but has been known as Smokey since he was 4 years old. He credits the name to his Uncle Claus who took him to see Westerns.

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Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him. Skip to content ...